Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1992

Tuesday 3 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Tuesday 3 November

Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

06:48 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:17
Navamī begins 06:24:37
06:2407:1208:0008:4809:3610:24

209 of 209 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 4 November

Qualifies with 128 of 209 minutes. Not taken.

06:49 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:17
Navamī ends 08:56:15
06:2507:1308:0108:4909:3710:25

128 of 209 minutes covered, the first 128

Navamī presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 06:25 on Tue 3 Nov to 08:56 on Wed 4 Nov.

    1992-11-02T22:24:38Z → 1992-11-04T00:56:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:48–10:17 on the 3rd, 06:49–10:17 on the 4th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 209 of 209 minutes on the 3rd and 128 of 209 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1378 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1992: Tuesday 3 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1992 falls on Tuesday 3 November. Navamī runs from 06:25 on Tue 3 Nov to 08:56 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 128 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/akshaya-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīSunrise 2ndCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:25 → 16:5606:140 min06:160 min3 Nov
Chicago16:25 → 18:5606:250 min06:270 min3 Nov
Jersey City17:25 → 19:5606:290 min06:310 min3 Nov
Port of Spain18:25 → 20:5605:580 min05:580 min3 Nov
London22:25 → 00:5606:570 min07:000 min3 Nov
Durban00:25 → 02:5605:010 min04:590 min3 Nov
Dubai02:25 → 04:5606:270 min06:280 min3 Nov
Delhi03:55 → 06:2606:340 min06:360 min3 Nov
Kolkata03:55 → 06:2605:420 min05:4343 min3 Nov
Singapore06:25 → 08:5606:460 min06:46130 min3 Nov
Sydney09:25 → 11:5605:540 min05:52271 min4 Nov
Suva10:25 → 12:5605:270 min05:26256 min4 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akshaya-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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